Lift the Ban Coalition braces for a 2020 fight in Springfield
Tag: Rent Control Preemption Act
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Rent control referendum hits three more wards on November ballot
Lift the Ban Coalition steps up pressure for state senate vote on rent control bill
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Landlords for rent control? You heard that right
Little Village property owners are seeing benefits in a new proposed state senate bill.
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Here’s what’s next in the push to lift the ban on rent control in Illinois
A referendum on primary ballots in 77 Chicago precincts showed 75 percent support of repealing the Rent Control Preemption Act.
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Two gubernatorial candidates support repealing Illinois’s rent control ban
J.B. Pritzker and Daniel Biss both say the 1997 law needs to go.
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The movement for rent control in Chicago is gaining momentum
A new grassroots coalition is mobilizing in the face of rising rents and no-cause evictions.
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In the face of rising evictions, legislators continue push for repeal of Illinois’s ban on rent control
Despite growing interest in rent regulation, Pilsen residents facing displacement remain skeptical of lawmakers.
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The secret history of Illinois’s rent control prohibition
How conservatives preempted rent control before the public was ready to talk about it.